Discover the unexpected complexities of globular clusters and their role in stellar evolution and age determination. Click to learn more! When the GC is young, you don't expect to see too many ...

Globular star clusters are extraordinary in almost every way. They’re densely packed, holding a million stars in a ball only about 100 light-years across on average. They’re old, dating back almost to ...

Some of the oldest objects in the universe may still have a long way to go, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. These new results indicate that globular clusters might be ...

D'Abrusco, Raffaele, Fabbiano, G., and Brassington, N. J. 2014. "Low-mass X-Ray Binaries and Globular Clusters Streamers and Arcs in NGC 4278." The Astrophysical ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Densely packed groups of stars may make excellent cradles for complex space-traveling life to evolve. Despite studies that claim these environments, known as globular clusters, may ...